Poggipolini to the Conquest of Indian Aerospace
The Bologna-based group takes over the majority of Aero Fasteners. Record revenues in 2025 at 60 million thanks to hi-tech clamping systems
by Luca Orlando
"For aerospace, India is the market of the future: this choice has a fundamental strategic value for us". A clear synthesis, that of Michele Poggipolini, who has just led the company of the same name that he heads to acquire the majority of Aero Fasteners, an Indian manufacturer of clamping systems. Not a casual operation, which continues and deepens the path of growth by external lines started in 2022 by the Bolognese group.
First by taking over the Italian Aviomec (transmission systems), then continuing two years later in the United States with Houston Precision Fasteners, now landing in India to enter the rapidly growing Indian aerospace and defence manufacturing ecosystem. Which is beginning to absorb increasing volumes of the titanium and special alloy clamping systems for critical components made by Poggipolini, one of the world's most advanced players in this high-tech niche. "European and US manufacturers are starting to position themselves here," explains the entrepreneur, "and if at the moment 80% of fasteners are imported, this picture is bound to change soon due to the 'Make in India' policy promoted by the government. Aero Fasteners is one of the few local manufacturers with the necessary qualifications to work with large aerospace groups, and thanks to the integration with our technologies it will be able to make a further qualitative leap.
An operation, the one on the Indian market, which represents a new development step within an explosive growth path, which in ten years has seen Poggipolini multiply its size by six, with three quarters of the business realised on international markets. "The year 2025," explains the CEO, "closes with a consolidated figure of 60 million, up from 50 in the previous year, with progress affecting all the group's businesses. As of today we estimate a 20% progress for the current year, bringing the business towards 75 million". A group that has now also reached a significant size in terms of employees, which now rise to 450 by including the staff of Aero Fasteners, a family business like Poggipolini, "a partner that shares our values, our entrepreneurial spirit and our ambition for continuous growth," comments the entrepreneur. "The partnership with a globally respected group like Poggipolini," adds Jasmer Lather, Managing Director of Aero Fasteners, "represents a decisive step in our journey. This collaboration will not only strengthen our technological and manufacturing capabilities, but also position Aero Fasteners as a key player in the global aerospace supply chain. Together, we aim to accelerate innovation, expand our presence in international markets and contribute significantly to the growth of the aerospace and defence manufacturing sector in India.
Founded in 1950 as a small mechanical workshop, then progressively specialising in tightening systems for Formula 1 engines, Poggipolini has seen its main market (90% of revenues until 2010) almost wiped out by regulatory changes, which have imposed on teams the use of a limited number of engines for each season. A shock that pushed the company into new areas, entering the aerospace sector (now 80% of revenues) and at the same time launching an external growth strategy that culminated with this operation. "Which in any case," the entrepreneur explains with a smile, "will not be the last one.
